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I had a slant six and looked at a 340 v a 360 and engine and what seemed like all after market parts were more expensive. If price was not a factor for me I’d have rather gone with a 340 but since im poor as hell I got a running 360 and trans out of a motorhome pulled and delivered for 1000$...

Awesome!

In NC you can get 90 octane recreational fuel at gas stations and it has no ethanol so that is what i was using and when i get my car going again its what ill use again.

Ok so i thought could it really be Dee and Ron doppelgängers? The answer is YES hahahahaha i couldnt stop giggling for like 5 minutes and was glad i was alone or people would think i was crazy. Only watched it for the Swinger and I cant understand why he payed 20g for it right off. Seemed...

Ever look at the mesh on the sink? I was horrified!!!! It looks like black algae!

No pic but a 1979 Ford Courier truck with no power steering or AC in AZ. Was fun. Took it to get it inspected one time and it failed emissions and the guy at the test site gave me a card to his buddy the mechanic across the street. Being young i didnt think this weird and he popped the hood...

Maybe it denotes the ease of which a thing can be done. Just throw some wheels on it sounds like no problem. Just go and replace the wheels with other wheels sounds like quite some work involved.

Hoping to put in the 360 where the slant used to be......

Sweet car and thanks hoping it will all work out!

Its out and it was my grandmothers car that my dad drove off the lot for her. Dad said it was 78000$ before he had his stroke. I have a 360 and things that are almost ready to drop in so i think ill just do that and maybe keep the slant for a bit or sell it. You are right though a few things...

I was under the impression it was the 225 due to some gaskets i had to get and the shapes were supposedly different. It is old and close to 80k miles on odometer (is a family car so i believe this to be correct).

It is weird how gutless the slant is in my car especially up the mountains. Owners manual is in car and said 0-60 in 17.5 seconds haha! I love on a long flat road and still its hard to pull out without blocking people.

Damn nice car and cool that its in ot!

Well it looks nice and should be fun!

I am pretty much replacing every part or so it seems. It was a slant six and i just felt like it was dangerously underpowered for the mountains. Fuel lines and brake lines and most everything like that will be replaced. The body work is already done and just waiting on the rest of the...

Thanks for all of your responses! Also yes I have most of that and also upgraded the torsion bars etc. going to do at least front disc conversion since it is all drums. Got the engine and drive train stuff switched over and the schumacker mounts etc. A ton of this is stuff ive seen on here...

I “think” i have all the parts and stuff lined up to make it work but im worried after i get it driving im going to be breaking down or overheating or some dumb stuff. Ive never had an “old car” and am trying to not look like a complete fool....

Ohh yes thanks the guy working on my car has a new radiator and the engine came with a 727!

Your inbox is full or i would explain further. It really sounds fun though!

Still working on a 1973 dart swinger that my grandmother bought and my dad drove off the lot with her in. Originally it was a slant 6 and I was going to “restore” it all original (ish). I decided to go with a 360 out of a motor home with long tube headers and a intake and a edelbrock 600cfm...

I had a work car a 5.7 hemi charger (i think? 5.7 sound right? Your version is what 6.1?) and if it snowed or had ice with automatic it was next to worhless.... granted i did not use snow tires or chains but basically by the time you babied it to go it would just start spinning. Long story...

Hahaha i just had a thought to take my car to the dump when i finish it and weigh in then u-turn out. Should be a free weigh twice in seconds!

That makes me happy to hear but it will be another 5 years before im ready for that lol

Ahh see the context is something missing from the posts i read. It was always along the lines of “i paid extra for them to balance it when i purchased it and found out when i got it it was off by X grams and had to send it to a machine shop” or similar stories. Had no idea outside of racing it...

Just so you know i know nothing but from reading this forum it seems like they need to be sent to a machinist to be balanced even if you pay more to have it balanced when you purchase it. Others will know what is actually required. For my money on my 5 year plan is to save up and buy one from...

Ha! Glad i saved a commodore 64 and a bunch of floppys haha maybe someday ill do something similar!

Nice! What kind of computer disks did he want? Its just not something you see these days.

I would add that what is worth more os also relative. What i mean is if it takes a slant car 8k to make nice and turns it into a 12k car (and im 100% making up random values) and a 318 car 12k to make nice due to extra work and both end up worth 12k then worth more from a simple monetary...

Well of course the original one is worth more than the tribute one imo. But would an original 1973 /6 car be worth more than a 1973 car that used to be a slant turned into a 360 with an 8 3/4 sg rear? Maybe its different for more sought after high dollar cars but I made the decision to just go...

Got my 73 swinger that was my grandmas. Dad always said it was all original and it had 73k miles on it. Body needed quarters etc but the slant is cancer to drive! I found the owners manual and it said 0-60 in 17.5 seconds and holy hell i live in the mountains and trying to go up a hill it...